‘Vision 30’ (Reg. No. CV‐1062, PI 661153) hard red winter (HRW) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was developed and tested as VA06HRW‐49 and released by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in March 2010. Vision 30 was derived from the cross 92PAN1#33/VA97W‐414. Vision 30 is high yielding, awned, and semidwarf (Rht2) and has midseason spike emergence and resistance to powdery mildew [caused by Blumeria graminis (DC) E.O. Speer]. In Virginia, the average grain yield (2007–2009) of Vision 30 (5301 kg ha−1) was similar to that of the soft red winter wheat check cultivar Renwood 3260 (5536 kg ha−1). Vision 30 was evaluated in the 2008 and 2009 USDA‐ARS Uniform Bread Wheat Nursery and produced mean yields (4992 and 4690 kg ha−1) that were similar (P ≤ 0.05) to those of the highest‐yielding HRW wheat entry. In comparison with the hard wheat cultivar ‘Lakin’, Vision 30 has acceptable end‐use quality on the basis of flour yield (69.9 versus 70.3 g 100 g−1), flour protein (10.7 versus 9.5 g 100 g−1), flour water absorption (59.8 versus 59.1 g 100 g−1), dough mixing tolerance (3.3 versus 2.3), pup‐loaf volume (812 versus 803 cm3), and crumb grain scores (3.3 versus 3.7).

United States with a high-yielding, high-value, specialty wheat cultivar. Vision 40 also purveys to millers and bakers in the eastern region a HRW wheat cultivar for the production of bread products. Producers can benefi t from the differentially higher price paid for HRW versus soft red winter (SRW) wheat, and millers can benefi t from lower grain transportation costs afforded by sourcing locally grown HRW wheat. Vision 40 was the fourth highest yielding HRW wheat entry averaged over 2 yr of the Uniform Bread Wheat Nursery grown at 11 test sites in 10 states in 2008 and 12 test sites in 9 states in 2009. Vision 40 has performed better than 'Vision 30' (PI 661153) in environments with greater winter stress. Methods Parentage, Breeding History, and Line SelectionThe HRW wheat cultivar Vision 40 was derived as an F 5 headrow from the cross 92PIN#109/92PAN1#33. The parentage of 92PIN#109 is Pioneer Brand '2163' (PI 601722)/ W9523A. The parentage of 92PAN1#33 is W2424/'Siouxland' (PI 483469)//Pioneer Brand 2163. Both 92PIN#109 and 92PAN1#33 were developed, evaluated, and advanced within Pioneer Hi-Bred's former HRW wheat breeding program. Pioneer closed their wheat breeding station at Hutchinson, KS in 1990 and donated their HRW wheat breeding lines and germplasm to Kansas State University (KSU). Lines 92PIN#109 and 92PAN1#33 were evaluated in advanced yield trials at KSU in 1992 and subsequently wereABSTRACT The potential exists to develop and market hard winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in the eastern United States, where a majority of the mills, bakeries, and consumers reside. The primary objective of this study was to develop adapted and competitive hard winter wheat cultivars possessing high-value traits that offer the potential for new and expanded markets and greater profi tability to wheat producers in the eastern United States. 'Vision 40' (Reg. No. CV-1063, PI 661154) hard red winter (HRW) wheat was derived from the cross 92PIN#109/92PAN1#33 and released by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station in March 2010. Vision 40 was developed with a modifi ed bulk-breeding method and was tested as VA06HRW-66 in replicated yield trials in Virginia